77001: Sonic’s Campfire Clash Set Review
With Sonic the Hedgehog 3 speeding into cinemas today, it’s the perfect time to continue taking a look at the upcoming Sonic LEGO® sets. This next set is the smallest of those being released on January 1st. It only features one minifigure but is also the cheapest way to add the unique speed sphere and launcher to your collection along with Sonic. Here’s a short preview of the Sonic’s Campsite Clash set. Product...
LEGO Sonic Cyclone Vs. Metal Sonic Set Revealed
A German retailer has revealed the first look at another new LEGO Sonic the Hedgehog set. Shared by The Brick Fan, the set features a transforming version of Tails’ Cyclone Plane and most excitingly a Metal Sonic minifigure. The robotic version of Sonic is a highly advanced Badnik introduced in Sonic CD, a game made for the odd CD-ROM Mega Drive/Genesis add-on. The set is expected to be released alongside the other new LEGO...
76998: Knuckles & The Master Emerald Shrine Review
After the introduction of Tails in Sonic 2, Sonic Team needed a new character to appear in the third Sonic game. This led to the introduction of Knuckles the Echidna. The red-coloured monotreme hailed from Angel Island, where he stayed watch as the guardian of the Master Emerald, the foundation of power for the Chaos Emeralds. The once rival of Sonic, soon became an ally and has since gone on to appear in several games, the second...
LEGO Sonic Takes Another Trip To Billund
When the LEGO Group and SEGA first announced the existence of LEGO® Sonic the Hedgehog sets, LEGO Sonic and friends took a trip to Billund. Despite Dr Robotnik using mind control on some of the staff at LEGO HQ, LEGO Sonic and some of his new minifigure friends have been invited back to Billund. During this fun new live-action video, LEGO Sonic is interviewing LEGO Designer Fred but is missing Knuckles, Shadow and Rouge. It’s...
New February LEGO Releases Now Available
The new February LEGO® releases are now available and they include not one but two new LEGO Ideas sets, with one available early for LEGO Insiders. BrickHeadz fans can expand their collection with five new characters and those with a love of spice and space worms can pick up the first-ever set inspired by Dune. Don’t forget the impressive Kingfisher Bird is also available and I highly recommend it. Plus you can get a free Love...
LEGO 2024 Polybags Hands-on Part 1
One of the yearly LEGO® highlights continues to be low-cost polybag sets. These little tasters of various themes appear everywhere, from promotions run in LEGO stores or online, at LEGOLAND stores, supermarkets and even magazines. Admittedly, they aren’t always the easiest to track down. However, availability is improving, and some polybags released this year are available from online retailer Brick-a-brac. I’ve split them into...
New 2024 Sets Get Early Release In North America
Several gaming-themed LEGO® sets have been released early in North America. These include two of the new Super Mario Expansion Sets, one of the new Sonic the Hedgehog sets and two new LEGO Minecraft sets. These join the LEGO Ideas Orient Express, Natural History Museum modular and the LEGO Botanical Tiny Plants sets. They will launch globally on January 1st. It seems the LEGO Group are experimenting with different release dates for...
LEGO Sonic Big Build At Gamescom
SEGA has an impressive stand at Gamescom and one of the highlights is a LEGO® Big Build model featuring Sonic and Dr. Eggman. The interactive brick-built display includes a super-sized version of Dr. Eggman’s Death Egg Robot and a chilli dog-eating Sonic. It’s created from 383,217 LEGO elements and took the model builders at LEGO Kladno 1450 hours to build. If you are in Cologne, you can check it out in person at...